The State Minister for cooperatives, higher education and protocol, Dhan Singh Rawat, inaugurated a training programme for the rural women at Raipur on Saturday. The three-month long training programme is being organised by a social organisation, Kutumb Gram Samiti under the aegis of GAIL India. Praising the training programme, the Minister said that it would help in empowerment of the rural women. The former Director General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard Rajendra Singh also addressed the workshop. The rural women would be given training to make jute bags, purse, folder, pouch, and foot mat. The organisers claimed that women would be informed about use of traditional fibres like Bheemal and Ram Bans to make many items. The objective of the training programme is to make the women self employed and prevent migration from the mountainous areas. Retired DIG Mukesh Pokhariyal, V S Rawat, Pravesh Panthari and Vandana Sharma were present on the occasion.
